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Hailey’s new puppy, Sparky, weighed 4 pounds at six weeks old. If the puppy gains 2.5 pounds each month, at how many months will Sparky weigh 14 pounds and is it modeled by a linear function or a exponential function?

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4 months; linear function

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it will take 4 months for sparky to reach 14 pounds. It is modeled by a linear function
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